Job summary
Are you a positive, friendly and upbeat person who likes helping others?
If so, we have the perfect role for you. Join our brilliant team as a Healthcare Support Worker.
Healthcare Support Workers are the beating heart of our clinical teams providing essential support to people in our care.
Alongside registered practitioners, you will be helping people struggling with their mental health, including issues such as self harm and suicidal thoughts and dementia.
The job is really varied, as are the locations and work environments. For example, you could choose to work on an inpatient ward for older people in North Hykeham, Lincoln or to work in the community along the East Coast. There are many options available.
The team is made up of nurses, doctors, occupational therapists and healthcare workers amongst others. We all work really closely together, supporting each other and getting on really well- it's a bit like a big family!
Our services run 24 hours a day and for some roles you may be needed to work shifts over 7 days. Of course, we can talk this through with you so we can look to fit around your commitments.
Main duties of the job
Teaching and supporting life skills, such as using public transport, paying for bills, managing a home to live independently, helping with personal care, shopping and meal preparation, engaging in hobbies/Interests and communicating with others. Providing emotional support for an individual and their families. Connecting with community resources and relationship building with other services. Assist in maintaining general and specific patient observations under the supervision of registered nursing staff. Facilitate and participate in recreational and physical activities in the provision of health and social care to service users.Provide direct physical, social and psychological care to service users. Support recovery to live as independently as possible to reach their optimal mental health. To build and maintain therapeutic relationships whilst maintaining boundaries. Alongside making a huge difference to our patients, you'll get to work with some amazing people. It is flexible too and there's plenty of training and job progression opportunities if you want them.
About us
Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire
You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England, in an area heralded as a fantastic place to live and work.
We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of 'outstanding' for well-led and 'good' overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We're really proud of this!
We are also leading the way in transforming care, with multi-million-pound transformation of patient environments and radical redesign of community services. This is the time to join and help redesign our services of the future.
We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions.
We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff. As well as all the usual NHS benefits, LPFT also provides an enhanced benefits package including early access to psychological support and physiotherapy, support with transport and travel, financial wellbeing packages and discounts.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To work within the policies, protocols and clinical procedures of Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Trust and to promote competent working practice within an integrated multi-disciplinary team. To liaise with the nurses and carry out assigned duties as a member of the multi- disciplinary mental health team. To be prepared to work on own initiative as necessary and report to the Nurses. Promote equality for all patients and understand their health needs. Demonstrate an awareness of service user and carer perspectives on the provision of treatment and continuing care. Participate regularly in clinical supervision sessions. Liaise with representatives from associated voluntary and statutory organisations and facilitate good communication processes. Attend in-service training and other study / refresher days to meet individual, statutory and service needs. Participate in performance reviews. To work with service users to promote independence, maximising daily living skills. Assist in maintaining general and specific patient observations under the supervision of registered nursing staff. Facilitate and participate in recreational and physical activities in the provision of health and social care to service users. Demonstrate an understanding of the responsibilities in relation to patients property and valuables, respecting cultural values. Always act in a manner as to promote and safeguard the interests and well-being of patients. Actively promote a responsible caring attitude at all times, treating all patients with dignity and respect. Always act in a manner that ensures no patient is the subject of any form of abuse. To report any incident which does not comply with Trust policy regarding incident reporting. Participate in the escorting of patients as per the Unit procedures. Accompany patients and participate, as needed, in recreational activities. Maintain good order and cleanliness on the Unit
Job description
Job responsibilities
To work within the policies, protocols and clinical procedures of Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Trust and to promote competent working practice within an integrated multi-disciplinary team. To liaise with the nurses and carry out assigned duties as a member of the multi- disciplinary mental health team. To be prepared to work on own initiative as necessary and report to the Nurses. Promote equality for all patients and understand their health needs. Demonstrate an awareness of service user and carer perspectives on the provision of treatment and continuing care. Participate regularly in clinical supervision sessions. Liaise with representatives from associated voluntary and statutory organisations and facilitate good communication processes. Attend in-service training and other study / refresher days to meet individual, statutory and service needs. Participate in performance reviews. To work with service users to promote independence, maximising daily living skills. Assist in maintaining general and specific patient observations under the supervision of registered nursing staff. Facilitate and participate in recreational and physical activities in the provision of health and social care to service users. Demonstrate an understanding of the responsibilities in relation to patients property and valuables, respecting cultural values. Always act in a manner as to promote and safeguard the interests and well-being of patients. Actively promote a responsible caring attitude at all times, treating all patients with dignity and respect. Always act in a manner that ensures no patient is the subject of any form of abuse. To report any incident which does not comply with Trust policy regarding incident reporting. Participate in the escorting of patients as per the Unit procedures. Accompany patients and participate, as needed, in recreational activities. Maintain good order and cleanliness on the Unit
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Cavendish Care Certificate or willingness to work towards resourced by LPFT
- NVQ Level 2 in Care or equivalent
- NVQ level 3 in Promoting Independence or equivalent or working towards achievement.
Desirable
- Certificate in Community Mental Health ECDL
Experience
Essential
- Previous relevant experience working with people with mental health problems at a HCSW grade or equivalent within a health and social care setting.
Desirable
- Voluntary or working capacity with mental health service or equivalent
Skills and Competences
Essential
- Effective communication with service user, other members of the team and outside agencies.
- IT skills.
- Skills related to Physical healthcare interventions such as urine analysis, phlebotomy, TPR and BP etc, recording findings and informing supervising nurse of results.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Cavendish Care Certificate or willingness to work towards resourced by LPFT
- NVQ Level 2 in Care or equivalent
- NVQ level 3 in Promoting Independence or equivalent or working towards achievement.
Desirable
- Certificate in Community Mental Health ECDL
Experience
Essential
- Previous relevant experience working with people with mental health problems at a HCSW grade or equivalent within a health and social care setting.
Desirable
- Voluntary or working capacity with mental health service or equivalent
Skills and Competences
Essential
- Effective communication with service user, other members of the team and outside agencies.
- IT skills.
- Skills related to Physical healthcare interventions such as urine analysis, phlebotomy, TPR and BP etc, recording findings and informing supervising nurse of results.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
